Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure? Let’s take a look at heme’s carcinogenic effects.

This is the sixth in a ninevideo series on plantbased meats. Check out the other videos in the series:
• The Environmental Impacts of PlantBased Meat Substitutes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/thee...)
• Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthful? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/areb...)
• Are Pea and Soy Protein Isolates Harmful? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/arep...)
• PlantBased Meat Substitutes Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant...)
• The Health Effects of Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products vs. BCAAs in Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/theh...)
• Does Heme Iron Cause Cancer? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does...)
• HemeInduced NNitroso Compounds and Fat Oxidation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heme...)
• Is Heme the Reason Meat Is Carcinogenic? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/ish...)

If you want all nine of the videos in this plantbased meat series in one place, you can get them in a digital download (https://drgreger.org/collections/vide...) from my webinar.

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